R4RIN – MCQs, Mock Tests | History GK HISTORY MCQ QUESTION SET 2

The third Battle of Panipat was fought between

1. Nadir Shah and Mughals
2. Maratha and Ahmed Shah Abdali
3. Humayun and Shershah
4. Hemu and Akbar

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Aurangzeb failed to defeat Shivaji because the

1. Mughal army grew unmanageable
2. Mughal generals were treacherous
3. Marathas were expert in Guerilla warfare
4. Mughals had no navy

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Between whom was the treaty of Purandhar in 1776 made?

1. English and Sultan of Mysore
2. Marathas and English
3. Marathas and Portuguese
4. English and Nizam of Hyderabad

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Shivaji was crowned in the year

1. 1654
2. 1664
3. 1674
4. 1684

✅ Correct Answer: 3

In Shivajis council of Ministers the Prime Minister was called

1. Sumanta
2. Mantri
3. Sachiv
4. Peshwa

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Ashtapradhana was the official council of

1. Shivaji
2. Krishnadeva Raya
3. Harihar I
4. Balaji Baji Rao

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the battle of

1. Shivner
2. Salhar
3. Purandhar
4. Raigarh

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following streamlined the Maratha administration after Shambhaji?

1. Nanaji Deshmukh
2. Ganga Bai
3. Balaji Viswanath
4. Raja Ram

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who among the Maratha Peshwa followed the ideal of Hindu Pada-padshahi?

1. Madhav Rao
2. Narayana Rao
3. Balaji Viswanath
4. Baji Rao I

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The treaty of Bassein (1802) was signed with the British by Peshwa?

1. Baji Rao I
2. Baji Rao II
3. Balaji Baji Rao
4. Madhav Rao

✅ Correct Answer: 2

In Shivaji Council of Minister, the Prime Minister was called

1. Sachiv
2. Sumanta
3. Peshwa
4. Mantri

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who was the founder of Mughal dynasty?

1. Akbar
2. Humayun
3. Shahjahan
4. Babur

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following painters was appointed Diwan of Multan by Akbar?

1. Daswant
2. Abdul Samad
3. Abul Hasan
4. Mir Syed Ali

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who among the following was illiterate?

1. Shahjahan
2. Jahangir
3. Akbar
4. Aurangzeb

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Where did Babur die?

1. Agra
2. Delhi
3. Lahore
4. Kabul

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was defeated at Kannauj in the hands of Sher Shah in 1540?

1. Jahangir
2. Akbar
3. Babar
4. Humayun

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who wrote Akbarnama?

1. Abdur Rahim Khanekhana
2. Abdul Qudir Badauni
3. Faizi
4. Abul Fazl

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Maratha kingdom was founded by Shivaji during the reign of

1. Muhammad bin Tughlaq
2. Aurangzeb
3. Akbar
4. Shahjahan

✅ Correct Answer: 2

Who was called Chankya of Maratha politics?

1. Mahadji Sindhia
2. Balaji Viswanath
3. Nana Pharnabis
4. Baji Rao II

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Who among the following painters committed suicide?

1. Basawan
2. Lal
3. Mahesh
4. Daswant

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Dilwara temple is located at

1. Aurangabad
2. Bhubaneswar
3. Khajuraho
4. Mount Abu

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at

1. Mount Abu
2. Madurai
3. Bhubaneswar
4. Khajuraho

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Prabhavati Gupta was the daughter of

1. Skandgupta
2. Kumargupta
3. Chandragupta I
4. Chandragupta II

✅ Correct Answer: 4

At which of the following places is the famous Kailasha Temple located?

1. Ajanta
2. Badami
3. Chittor
4. Ellora

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Chola rulers were generally worshippers of

1. Kartikeya
2. Vishnu
3. Sakti
4. Shiva

✅ Correct Answer: 4

During Gupta period, which deity was called Lokarka?

1. Ganesha
2. Kumara
3. Sun
4. Shiva

✅ Correct Answer: 3

The first Gupta ruler to assume the title of Param Bhagawata was

1. Chandragupta I
2. Chandragupta II
3. Samudragupta
4. Kumargupta

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The first meeting of Ghosal with Mahavira Swami was held at

1. Takshashila
2. Champa
3. Vaishali
4. Nalanda

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Chola rulers were generally

1. Workshippers of Kartikeya
2. Workshippers of Mother goddess
3. Vaisnavites
4. Saivites

✅ Correct Answer: 4

The Turkish brought with them musical instruments

1. Tanpura and Mridang
2. Veena and Tabla
3. Sitar and Flute
4. Rabab and Sarangi

✅ Correct Answer: 4

A Buddhist council during the rein of Kanishka was held at

1. Pataliputra
2. Mathura
3. Rajgirha
4. Kashmir

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Which Chinese general defeated Kanishka?

1. Chi Huang Ti
2. Ho Ti
3. Pan Yang
4. Pan Chao

✅ Correct Answer: 4

Who was the founder of Kushan dynasty?

1. Huvishka
2. Vim Kadphises
3. Kujul Kadaphises
4. Kanishka

✅ Correct Answer: 3

During the Satavahanas rule, Katakas means

1. Military camps and settlements
2. Military committees and camps
3. Military arnaments and camps
4. Military clothes and settlements

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Who was the writer of Nanaghata inscription?

1. Naganika
2. Kubernaga
3. Nagamati
4. Nagakumari

✅ Correct Answer: 1

The writer of Mahabhasya Patanjali was a contemporary of

1. Pushyamitra Sunga
2. Chandragupta Maurya
3. Chandragupta II
4. Ashoka

✅ Correct Answer: 1

From which of the following places archaeological remains of a Roman colony have been discovered?

1. Tamralipti
2. Bhrigukachchha
3. Arikamedu
4. Sopara

✅ Correct Answer: 3

Which of the following dynasties related to maximum pure gold coins?

1. Gupta
2. Kushana
3. Sunga
4. Satavahana

✅ Correct Answer: 2

The Sunga ruler, Agnimitra was the hero of a book written by

1. Kalidasa
2. Banabhatta
3. Asvagosha
4. Patanjali

✅ Correct Answer: 1

Which of the following Saka rulers was responsible for important irrigation works in Saurashtra?

1. Nahapana
2. Rudradaman
3. Menander
4. None of these

✅ Correct Answer: 2